Is the title relevant? Has someone asked for one of something, to which the provider is confirming "Just one?" Or has someone asked for a quantity of something, and being told there's "Just one"? Or maybe how many of something are left?

Is the title relevant? NoHas someone asked for one of something, to which the provider is confirming "Just one?" NoOr has someone asked for a quantity of something, and being told there's "Just one"? No. The question mark inside the quotation marks is correctOr maybe how many of something are left? Yope

Is a human saying this? Just one? (:-) to one other? Human? More than one? Lots? Is is said? Written? Thought? (notwithstanding the fact that to say or write something you must at some point be thinking it) Is the one representing a quantity? If so, is it something that you could have 1.0001 of, like a weight or length, or would you usually have 1,2,3,etc. of, like a Cornetto?

Is a human saying this? Just one? Yes, one humanto one other? Human? More than one? Lots? to one humanIs is said? Written? Thought? saidIs the one representing a quantity? YesIf so, is it something that you could have 1.0001 of, like a weight or length, Noor would you usually have 1,2,3,etc. of, like a Cornetto? Yes

Age of either party particularly relevant? Older person saying "Just One?" to younger person? Or younger to older? Is it likely that the person saying "Just One?" Would have preferred more than one? Or preferred less than one?

Age of either party particularly relevant? NoOlder person saying "Just One?" to younger person? Or younger to older? IrrelevantIs it likely that the person saying "Just One?" YopeWould have preferred more than one? Or preferred less than one? FA

Age of either party particularly relevant? NoOlder person saying "Just One?" to younger person? Or younger to older? IrrelevantIs it likely that the person saying "Just One?" Would have preferred more than one? Or preferred less than one? FA

Is the phrase said as a result of one of the people counting some items? If so, is the expression one of Surprise? Happiness? Sadness? Anger? Humour? Or just puzzlement? would Just One be considered an unusually low (? or high?) number of these items to see in one situation?

Is the phrase said as a result of one of the people counting some items? NoIf so, is the expression one of Surprise? Happiness? Sadness? Anger? Humour? This one!Or just puzzlement? would Just One be considered an unusually low Yes(? or high? No) number of these items to see in one situation? Yes

So the amusement is caused by there being just one of something that would normally be in larger numbers? Would these items A specific larger number (3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,....) ... or hundreds and thousands ??

So the amusement is caused by there being just one of something that would normally be in larger numbers? YopeWould these items A specific larger number (3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,....) ... or hundreds and thousands ?? This one

I assume from your previous anwer it's not literally "hundreds & thousands", the sweets? Are these things: Living? Animate? Real? Would it be useful to determine the nature of their work? Were the objects (or object, in this case) something connected with the guys' work?

I assume from your previous anwer it's not literally "hundreds & thousands", the sweets? Maybe one hundred to some hundred could be expectedAre these things: Living? NoAnimate? NoReal? YesWould it be useful to determine the nature of their work? YesWere the objects (or object, in this case) something connected with the guys' work? Yes

Sorry, slight misunderstanding. There is a confection in England, small flakes of multicoloured candy, called "Hundreds & Thousands", which I thought may be the subject of the puzzle. Hence my hanging on to this phrase :-)

Sorry, slight misunderstanding. There is a confection in England, small flakes of multicoloured candy, called "Hundreds & Thousands", which I thought may be the subject of the puzzle. Hence my hanging on to this phrase :-)

Is it necessary to determine mor specifically the nature of the work? or is 'legal profession' sufficient? Do both people work in the same job? (in case we do need to be more specific...) Barristers? Judges? Legal secretaries? People overseeing reading of wills? And is the Just One relating to some physical item? Document? Client? Case?

Is it necessary to determine mor specifically the nature of the work? Yes or is 'legal profession' sufficient? Do both people work in the same job? Yes(in case we do need to be more specific...) Barristers? Judges? Legal secretaries? People overseeing reading of wills? All noAnd is the Just One relating to some physical item? This one Document? Client? Case? To avoid confusion: The "Yes" behind "Legal?" was meant to mean "not illegal" (no mafia or so)

[Thanks, I/we could've spent considerable time hanging on THE legal profession rather than simply A legal profession (-: ] For their work, do the people spend most of their working time inside an office-type enviromnent? At the time of the statement, is either party (? or both?) looking at the thing to which the statement relates?

For their work, do the people spend most of their working time inside an office-type enviromnent? Yes, at least lots of their timeAt the time of the statement, is either party (? or both?) looking at the thing to which the statement relates? No

Ok, the objects:- Is the assumption correct that the two people are in a conversation? And that the phrase "just one" is said during the conversation? (for ease, let's say Vic and Bob are holding the conversation, ok?)Can Vic see one of the object being referred to? Can Vic see more than one? Can Bob see one of the objects? Can Bob see more than one? Are Vic and Bob together during this conversation? Or discussing this by phone? email? letter? Would a normal person be able to physically lift one of these objects? Is the object a solid thing? Would one typical example of this thing be approximately the size of:- A grain of rice? A pea? A football? A breadbin? A car? A bus? A house? A town? A planet? (if somewhere in between, please indicate)

Is the assumption correct that the two people are in a conversation? YesAnd that the phrase "just one" is said during the conversation? Yes(for ease, let's say Vic and Bob are holding the conversation, ok?) OkCan Vic see one of the object being referred to? NoCan Vic see more than one? NoCan Bob see one of the objects? NoCan Bob see more than one? NoAre Vic and Bob together during this conversation? YesOr discussing this by phone? email? letter? NoWould a normal person be able to physically lift one of these objects? With difficulties, but yes, at least for a short timeIs the object a solid thing? YesWould one typical example of this thing be approximately the size of:- A grain of rice? A pea? A football? A breadbin? Somewhere hereA car? A bus? A house? A town? A planet?

So the difficulty someone would have lifting this thing would be because of it's size and/or weight, correct? This thing is not physically fixed to the floor, correct? (I was thinking of parking meters)

So the difficulty someone would have lifting this thing would be because of it's size and/or weight, correct? Probably size and weight, yesThis thing is not physically fixed to the floor, correct? Yes, not fixed(I was thinking of parking meters)No

Would determining what this object is give away the whole thing? Is the thing something one would be likely to find: - Indoors? Outdoors? Both? Inside an office? Inside a home? (assuming the home is not a home-office, just a domestic dwelling)

Would determining what this object is give away the whole thing? Hmm, maybeIs the thing something one would be likely to find: - Indoors? Outdoors? Both? Inside an office? Inside a home? (assuming the home is not a home-office, just a domestic dwelling)

Well, usually everywhere, but in this special case mainly outdoors. Its not that difficult.

Is the object electronic? electrical? does it have moving parts? manmade? invented recently, 10yrs ago, 20? 50? 100? more? been around since the dawn of time? usually remain stationary? do the police use this object regularly? does is help perform a certain function?

I can hardly answer your questions but i'll try to. Its much easier than you think

Is the object electronic? Noelectrical? Nodoes it have moving parts? Erm, generally yes, but not this one can't move anymore [big hint]manmade? Well, yesinvented recently, 10yrs ago, 20? 50? 100? Wasn't inventedmore? been around since the dawn of time? Almost, yesusually remain stationary? As i said: This one can't movedo the police use this object regularly? Big hint: The police has to do whith these objects regulary, but they dont "use" it.does is help perform a certain function? No

Is it just suprising that this is the only body in that specific place? FAIs it the first body buried in a new cemetery? NoWere there other bodies there previously? NoAre there other bodies there now and there is just something specific that only applies to this one? Yes

Is the humour in the statement caused by the method of the murder? NoIs the method of the murder relevant? NoIs humour caused be the fact that only one person has been murdered this way? No

In general, you already found out by what the amusement was caused:So the amusement is caused by there being just one of something that would normally be in larger numbers? YopeWould these items A specific larger number (3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,....) ... or hundreds and thousands ?? This one

Are the two discussing a death/murder scene? Could this murder happen again in similar circumstances? If it did, would it be likely more people would die? Is location of the dead body relevant? Or circumstances - e.g. homeless? Drug Addict? Very old? very young?

Are the two discussing a death/murder scene? YesCould this murder happen again in similar circumstances? If it did, would it be likely more people would die? irrelevantIs location of the dead body relevant? YESOr circumstances No - e.g. homeless? Drug Addict? Very old? very young?

erm... Has the dead body been found in a cemetery? ...which would make the puzzle statement a reply to the statement "There's been a body found in the cemetery!"? YES, exactly******Spoiler******SpoylerThis happened in the german TV-series "Tatort". One of the two inspectors had anwered a phone call about the newly found body and summarized it to his colleage saying: "We have a body in the cemetery!" The humorous answer was: "Just one?"